gloms

verb

present tense third-person singular of glom
as in grabs
to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly the manager glommed the shoplifter just as she was about to bolt out of the store

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Recent Examples of gloms While Billy pursues getting rich – not always in the most legal ways – a ridiculously cute alien thingie gloms on to him. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gloms
  1. grabs
  2. catches
  3. snatches
  4. seizes
  5. gets
Verb
  • The company said its proprietary data asset grabs millions of live data points across tens of thousands of factories and suppliers.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
  • Objects d’art In the living room, a vintage motorcycle immediately grabs visitors’ attention.
    — Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 14 July 2026
Definition of grabs
Verb
  • The interiors are purposefully focused around the driver, and the integrated gear-change gate beneath the floating dashboard immediately catches your eye.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 July 2026
  • What catches our attention are the breakouts from multi-month and multi-year trading ranges.
    — Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Definition of catches
Verb
  • In the midst of handing the job over to his son, even as Diego is making a speech about water supplies, hygiene and education, Don Alejandro snatches it back to cheers, clutches his heart and dies.
    — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • These picks start at $11 and range from a one-piece swimsuit that snatches your waist to an everyday pair of wide-leg jeans and this summer-friendly tank top.
    — Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
Definition of snatches
Verb
  • Rhaenyra, queen of the Blacks, seizes the Iron Throne in King’s Landing with the support of Alicent, who has simply had enough of her unstable and terrible sons.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 July 2026
  • Trump seizes America’s 250th-birthday spotlight, headlining the Great American State Fair, hosting a UFC bout at the White House and promoting new passports, $250 bills and coins bearing his image.
    — Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
Definition of seizes
Verb
  • In the city of Mashhad in northeast Iran, there's a natural history museum associated with local Ferdowsi University that gets all manner of donations, including animals that died in the road and injured birds.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 17 July 2026
  • January 20 – February 18 Fun gets easier when the money boundary is not pretending to be flexible.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026
Definition of gets

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“Gloms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gloms. Accessed 22 Jul. 2026.

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